Trousers-display hanger or rack.



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APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1912.

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Application filed July 3, 1912. Serial No. 707,528.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WI L C. FQGLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Williamsburg, in the county of Franklin and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trousers Display Hangers or Racks, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to display hangers or racks for trousers or other garments, and the primary object of the same is toprovide simple and effective means particularly adapted for supporting and keeping odd pairs of trousers or pantailoo ns in separate condition and readily accessible without moving or disturbing other pairs of; trousers, as is'the case where a number of pairs of trousers are arranged in piles.

The invention consists essentially of an angular frame of suitable material adapted to be hung on a support and over which the trousers are hung, a particular form of holding means being movably attaehedto the upper part of the frame and held with binding tension against the trousers by utilizing a portion thereof as a hanger for the entire frame and thereby preventing the trousers from slipping out of place, the holding means also serving as a size, price and lot label display means.

The invention also consists in the con- .struction and arrangement of the several parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and'claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view through a support showing one of the improved hangers or racks applied thereto in operative position. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a portion of one of the hangers or racks and the combined attaching means holder or fastener.

The numeral 5 designates a support or frame which will comprise uprights 6 with feet 7 and upper and lower connecting bars 8 and 9. This frame or support may be of any length desired and is shown as one preferred means for holding the device embodying the features of the invention. It will be understood that the hanger or rack embodying the features of the invention may be applied to any other support or holding means to which it may be applicable.

The improved device consists essentially of a triangular frame embodying a horizontal bar or member 10, a vertical bar or member 11 and an angular bar or member 12 connecting the ends of the bars or members 10 and 11. The upper horizontal bar or member 10 constitutes the supporting bar for the trousers, pantaloons or other articles of clothing, and when trousers are thrown thereover as indicated by dotted lines they engage the said bar at about the knee portions thereof. A combined clasp, clamp or holder 13 is movably attached to the upper intersecting angle of the hanger or rack bars and 11, said clasp or holder being operative as a fastening means for the trousers or other articles of clothing applied over the bar 10. This clasp or clamp 13 comprises a clamping member 14 which movably 'extends'over the rear portion of the bar 10 and is provided with depending ears 15 at opposite sides which are fulcrurned or pivoted to the upper intersecting portions of the bars 10 and 11.

Rising from the rear portion of the clamping member 1% is an arm 16 having inturned flanges 17 to form a holder for a label 18 hearing the size, price and lot marks or any other matter that may be applicable to the articles supported by thehanger or rack. The arm 16 continues above the label holder and is bent rearwardly to form a hook 19 which is adapted to be applied over the upper bar 8 of the support or frame 5 or over an analogous device. The upper edge .20 of the bar or member 10 is rounded or given a convex contour and the clamping member 14 is correspondingly shaped, as clearly shown by Fig. 2, and by this means trousers or other articles may be mounted and held upon the said bar 10 without irregularly creasing the same.

In the operation of the improved device the trousers or other articles are applied over the bar 10 and pushed under the clamping member 1 1, and the hanger or rack as a whole and embodying the bars 10, 11 and 12 is then applied to the frame or support 5, as shown by Fig. 1, and the weight tension of the hanger or rack and the article of clothing thereon will be imposed upon the fastening means including the clamping member 14 and cause the latter to firmly impinge on the article of clothing to prevent the latter from becoming accidentally displaced or slipping from the hanger or rack. The bottom bar or rail 9 serves as a rest for thelower angular extremity of the hanger or rack and assists in maintaining the latter in proper display position. At any time the hanger or rack may be removed from the support or frame 5 to detach and show the goods or trousers, for instance, that maybe supported thereby, and it will be understood that a number of the hangers or racks will be arranged in display position on the support or frame 5 or on any other device adapted for the purpose;

The improved device will be found exceptionally convenient for the purpose for which it has been devised, and it will be understood that changes in the proportions, dimensions and minor details may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. In a hanger or rack of the class specilied, a support, a triangular frame having an upper horizontal supporting bar over which clothing is laid, the lower portion of the said frame being adapted to contact with a part of the support to resist weight stress on the upper part of the frame and also to maintain the latter in upright position, and a combined suspending and fastening means consisting of an upright and a horizontal member pivotally attached adj acent to the angle of intersection thereof to the upper edge portion of the horizontal supporting bar of the frame at the angle of the latter and including a clamping member'always disposed at an angle to the sus- Oopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the pending means and extending over and jacent to the angle of intersection thereof to the frame and embodying a clamping member always disposed at an angle to and extending over and along a portion of the upper edge of the said triangular frame to clamp the trousers by the pivotal action of the clamping means when weight stress is brought to bear on the suspending means, the suspending means being arranged in engagement with the upper bar of the support and the lower extremity of the triangular frame engaging the lower bar of said support to resist the weight stress imposed on the upper edge of the said frame and to maintain the latter in upright position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM C. FOGLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN MCCURDY, A. F. DEHN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

